Wrath of the Blizzard - Wings of Fire

Chapter 6

Silverwing's POV 

Silverwing suddenly awoke, looking around groggily. She was in a cave of some sort, with a fire in the middle. No wonder my scales feel like they're melting... 

"Oh, hey, you're awake." Said a nonchalant voice. Silverwing looked up to see an unfamiliar SkyWing that looked to be around the same age as her, with deep red scales like the color of a rose. "I- what is this? Who are you?" Silverwing asked quietly, looking up at him with curiosity. 

"I'm Ablaze." He said softly. "I saw you collapsed by the mountains, and I knew it would be dangerous to leave you alone, especially in SkyWing territory, where many of us are still prejudiced against IceWings cause of the War of Fire and Ice." Ablaze explained as Silverwing began to process this. 

"I'm Silverwing." She said nervously. Ablaze's eyes widened a bit. "Wait, like Princess Silverwing?" Silverwing nodded. "Well, then why are you out here? Shouldn't you be in the IceWing royal palace or something?" He asked curiously. 

"Well, I should be, but..." Tears welled up in Silverwing's eyes again just thinking about it. "My sister, Blizzard, hated me and my mom, because she favored me over her, and she would frequently attack me. But she was caught and killed my mother as revenge and exiled me. So now she's queen, which is VERY much a bad thing, because she wants to get revenge on the SkyWings for killing our dad, so she's probably gonna end up restarting the War of Fire and Ice." Silverwing frowned, as Ablaze looked shocked.

"Well, um, you can stay with me for now, I guess." Ablaze muttered as he walked over to the corner and grabbed some mountain goat meat he had stored. "Want some?" He asked, tearing off a few meat strips for her.

 Silverwing flinched, remembering that she would have to chow down on other foods instead of her usual IceWing diet of narwhal, walrus, and polar bear. "Ummm...sure?" Silverwing said nervously, taking the meat out of his talons and taking a bite. 

Surprisingly, it tasted delicious, leaving Silverwing licking her lips and craving more. "Who knew the SkyWings ate so well!" Silverwing smiled as she ate some more. Once she had her fill, she looked at Ablaze curiously. "You know, I wanna ask you something. You don't have to answer if you don't want to, since it's kinda personal, but....where are your parents? You look to be a dragonet about the same age as me." Silverwing said quietly. 

Ablaze's expression turned to a slight frown at the question. "They....they were killed in the war, unfortunately. I learned how to hunt and take care of myself, though." Ablaze muttered, looking at the ground. "Oh, I'm sorry...." Silverwing whispered sadly. "But...at least you're not completely alone anymore." Silverwing said, trying to cheer him up a little. 

Ablaze lifted his head and shot a small smile back. "Well....at least." 

(for context abt the war- The War of Fire and ice was a war that started when Queen Frostwind, Silverwing's Grandma, became enemies with Queen Cardinal because they disagreed on many things, resulting in Cardinal hiring a hitman (or hitdragon?) to kill Frostwind. Cardinal's plan succeeded and Frostwind died and Snowstorm became queen, and so the IceWings attacked the SkyWings, which kickstarted the war. Cardinal also ended up getting asassinated. anyways now lots of SkyWings and IceWings hate eachother lmao)